What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17978 and 17988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17978 and 17988 is 2.

GCF(17978,17988) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17978 and 17988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17978 and 17988.

How to find the GCF of 17978 and 17988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17978 and 17988. After we will calculate the factors of 17978 and 17988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17978

Prime factors of 17978 are 2, 89, 101. Prime factorization of 17978 in exponential form is:

17978 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17988

Prime factors of 17988 are 2, 3, 1499. Prime factorization of 17988 in exponential form is:

17988 = 2² × 3¹ × 1499¹

Step-3: Factors of 17978

List of positive integer factors of 17978 that divides 17978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 101, 178, 202, 8989

Step-4: Factors of 17988

List of positive integer factors of 17988 that divides 17978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1499, 2998, 4497, 5996, 8994

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17978 and 17988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17978 and 17988 is 2.

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